Answer:
Authors choice of words give a emotional effect to the reader.
Explanation:
Remember that diction is the authors choice of words or phrases he/she uses in a story. In this case the author using certain words and phrases can give a emotional effect to the reader because if you use terms that are serious it will give off a serious tone but if you are trying to come off as serious but using terms or phrases that don't go with that tone you are trying to give off, it might give the reader a different emotional effect that you weren't trying to give.
Hope this helps.
This excerpt probably should have included the verse following it, which
is "Here is Odysseus' hall, no hall like this!" So they are standing at
the gate at the home of Odysseus.
He has in fact made a long
journey home, so B could be correct. The journey did require patience
and endurance, so A could be correct. But I would go with D, happiness
upon returning home.
A reasonable argument could be made for
all of the above. Symbolism can be subjective, and each reader may
interpret things differently.
